Candle-holder



(No Model.)

W. H. POHLMANN.

CANDLE HOLDER.

No. 468,863. Patented Feb. 9, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ILLIAM H. POHLMANN, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

CANDLE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,363, dated February9, 1892.

Application filed April 6 1891. Serial No. 387,817. (No modeLl To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM II. POHLMANN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCandle-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in candle-holders, the features ofwhich will be fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to hold a candle securely in a verticalposition, and in the holding thereof the binding parts are adjustableand therefore adapted to hold candles varying slightly in diameter.

1 accomplish the object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2is a transverse section of the same, not showing the flexible supports.Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of part D on line 00, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is atop view, omitting the flange.

Like letters and numerals designate like parts throughout the severalviews.

A isa thin metallic case open at the top and slotted in the side for thescrew. The flange B may be soldered to the top of the case or held onapivot formed of ascrew, which would engage the threaded orifice 5 ofpart E.

F are three plates held to the bottom of the case by the springs S S S.The use of these are to support the holderand areinsertedinto the socketof a candlestick, and by the resilience of the springs are made tosnugly fill the socket.

The holder can be supported on a bracket, and in such case the arm wouldbe attached to the side of the case. The semicircular part E fills alittle more than one-half of the case, to which the same is soldered.The inner surface may be either corrugated or serrated, and in the baseis held the adj usting-screw 0, held by collars on both sides. The partD is similar in form to part E,butis less in length and slides into thelatter. It is provided with a lug, which is engaged by theadjusting-screw and has an extension 2 at the bottom, within which isthe slot 4. The flat headed rivet 3 passes through this slot and the endis secured to the bottom of the case. This so holds the part that itmust move parallel with the said bottom. The circular dotted line showsthe position of the candle in Fig. 4.

In use a candle is placed within the holder and the screw is turneduntil the same is firmly bound.

Having fully described 1nyinventi0n,whatI claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

The candle-holder consisting of the case, the divided candle -sockettherein composed of rigid section E and the adjustable section D,sliding within the section E, the adjustingscrew passing loosely throughsection E, and adj ustahle section D, provided with a screwthreadedperforated lug receiving said screw and with a slotted extension 2,confined on the bottom of the casing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM II. POHLMANN.

Vitnesses:

B. PICKERING, B. T. HERSHEY.

